C.iA p.5. Epijile to the Theffalonians. Vg1i. z 2, L3. 463 yet forfabe not the gatherings together of the Saints. It is their fault, faith the Apoftle, that are growne in that 1<inde diffolute. To the Hebrewes, Paul had written a large Epiftle , full of heal' enlyDoftrinesand Admoniti- ons; by reading wh ereof, they might attaine a comfor- tablemeafure ot:knowledge, and:oehei grace : yet ¡be- feech you (faith lie) e (offer the' words' of Exhortation; eHeb,t3.aa. he manes from their I?aftors ordinarie, whom God had fet otter them. Neede I adde Reafons ? Firfl, I fay as lames, Het that faid,Admoni(h,exhort, x. &c. in privatei laid alfo , f" De (life not Pro phecie. If t t Thef >p.zo. then, thou attend to Admonitions private, and negle ftefl the publique M!niflerie, art thou not a Tranf- greffour of the Law? Chriftian duties are all fub- ordinate : They fight not; neither may wee thinke, the performance of one, difpenfeth for negleet of ano- ther. Secondly, Though no doubt, a gracious bleiling may 2. bee expefted by private Admonitions, &c. yet a greater wehauecaufe to hope for by the publique Minifterie, wherewith God bath promifed,in a fpeciall manner, g to s Mark. 46.76. be prefent. Thirdly, The Lord hash appointed the Miniflerie 3, publique,to be a generali guide and direction for perfor- mance of all private duties and of' purpofe leaues the people of greateft gifts, doubtfull and vncertaine in má= ny things, that there may be eontinnall 'vfe'of the pub - lique Minifterie. h The peop`!e muf? feeke the Late at the a Mai, 1.7. rnouthafthePriefi. And who of the people muff not fay, as the Eunuch, in fundrie points of knowledge, erp. on like queft on propounded ; Vnderf1a.thf's thoe, ? &c. How can I, without a Guide? Befides, in eucry dude imt.8.3ò,31. there is- aswe 1l a c 1odur, as the /Mien ; eireumflances many, to bee obferued in exhorting, admci:ifhieig, and 'neuerydutie.Itfuffieeth .not ë© fay, as the-talon-le is, F f they
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